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General Index. 



radicola, Tylenchus, 223. 



Rag-weed attacked by Gortyna nitela, 191. 



Rain-falls arresting insect injury, 221, 223. 



ralla, Orthosia, 291. 



rapa3, Pieris, 251. 



Rapidity of insect propagation, 267. 



Raspberry geometer, 129-133. 



Raspberry insects: 



Byturus unicolor, i;98. 



Corimetena pulicai'ia, 213. 



Synchlora glaucaria, 130. 

 rastricornis, Chauliodes, 156, 157, 158. 

 Rat-tail larva, 287. 

 Ravenelii, Cordiceps, 298. 

 Record of Collections of New York Heterocera 



for the year 1873 referred to, 290. 

 Red raspberries injured by insects, 285. 

 Red root attacked by Corimela?napulicaria, 213. 

 Red spider, 265. 

 Reduviidse, 294. 



Refuse burning preventive, 210, 212, 213. 

 relictus, Ligyrus, 298. 

 Remedy for : 



-Egeria exitiosa, 182-166. 



Agrotis ypsilon, 183, 190. 



Anasa tristis, 206, 278. 



Aphis cucumeris, 212, 213, 283. 



Aphis mali, 123, 217, 281. 



Aphis pruni, 125. 



apple-leaf Bucculatrix, 219. 



apple maggot, 247. 



apple-tree aphis, 123, 217, 235. 



apple-tree case- bearer, 218. 



apple-tree tent -caterpillar, 122. 



asparagus beetle, 252. 



Aspidiotus nerii, 215, 279. 



bark-lice, 279. 



birch leaf Bucculatrix, 140. 



black cut- worm, 188, 190. 



Bucculatrix Canadensisella, 140. 



Buecu'atrix pomifoliella, 219. 



Calandra granaria, 278. 



Cermatia forceps, 282. 



CeroplastfcS. 282. 



Clisiocampa Americana, 122 



Coleophora malivorella, 218, 281. 



cow-horn fly, 194, 196. 



Crioceris asparagi, 252. 



curraut-stem Girdler, 166. 



cut-worms, 238-242. 



Diplosis pyrivora, 14.3, 150, 151. 



Ery throneura vitifex, 287. 



eye-spotted bud-moth, 218. 



Galerucella xanthomelsena, 222, 286. 



Glycobius speciosus, 203, 



grain weevil. 278. 



grapevine Thrips, 255-256. 



Haeariatobia serra*^a, 191, 196. 



hop-vine aphis. 209. 



Janus flaviventris, 166. 



larch saw-fly, 169. 



Remedy for — ^Continued). 



Lecanium sp., 216, 282. 



Macrodactylus subspinosus, 201. 



maple-tree borer, 203. 



melon-vine aphis, 212, 213. 



Mytilaspis pomorum, 286. 



Nematus Erichsonii, 169. 



Oleander scale-insect, 215. 



Parlatoria fcale-insect, 215, 279. 



peach-tree borer. 111, 181-186. 



pear midge, 143, 150-151. 



pear-tree Psylla, 220. 



Phorodon humuli, 209. 



plum aphis, 125. 



Psylla pyricola, 220. 



quince-tree borer, 280. 



rose-bug, 201, 232. 



Sannina exitiosa, 1P2-186. 



scale insects, 215, 216. 



Sphinx quinquemaculata, 243, 244. 



squash-bug, 206, 278. 



Tmetocera ocellana, 218. 

 tobacco-worm, 243. 241. 



Trypeta pomonella, 217. 



wire- worms, 197-198, 200, 282. 

 Remedies for insect attacks: 



arsenical spraying, 218, 219, 248, 281, 283. 

 attracting to petunias for catching, 243. 

 baits of poisoned leaves, 21. 

 beating from foliage, 201 . 

 bisulphide of carbjn, 278, 

 buckwheat crop, 197. 

 burning dead leaves and vines, 213. 

 burning infested material, 166. 

 carbolic acid, 216, 280. 

 carbf lie acid and Paris green wash, 184. 

 carbolic acid wash, 183, 280. 

 children collecting injurious species, 243. 

 coal-oil, 241, 279. 

 coal tar, 256. 



collecting and burning eggs, 122, 283. 

 copperas, 200. 

 crushing the eggs, 216, 278. 

 cutting out the larva, 182. 

 digging-out-by-hand method, 240. 

 employing fowls, 253. 

 fallowing, 200. 

 fish-oil soap, 213. 

 fumigation with toljacco, 255. 

 gas lime, 197, 239. 



grafting trees to resistant varieties, 247. 

 growth of immune crops, 200. 

 hand-picking, 252. 

 hellebore, 274. 

 hop wash, 209. 

 infested fruit destroyed, 24S. 

 infusion of tobacco, 257. 

 jarring, 125. 



kerosene, 200, 215, 216, 253, 274. 

 kerosene emulsion, 123, 151, 169, 190, 201, 209, 

 212, 213, 215, 217, 220, 279, 280, 281, 282, 285, 

 286, 287. 



